Joint for belting



(No Model.)

B. P. PARNUM.

Joint; for Belting.- No. 236,675. Patented Jan. 18,1881;

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UNITED STATES EDWARD P FARNUM, OF CONCORD, NE\V HAMPSHIRE.

JOINT FOR BELTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed September 27,1880.

T 0 all whom "it mag concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. FARNUM, of Concord, in the county ofMerrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented certainImprovementsin Joints for Belts, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichare made a part hereof.

Figure l is a representation of the outer side of my belt at the joint.Fig. 2 represents the inner side of my belt, or the side next thepulley.

My improvement consists in placing diamond-shaped parallel leathernsplices over the ends of the belt to be joined and securing them inplace by means of pointed rivets or tacks, as shown. The two ends of thebelt I) b are cut off square andbutted together. The splices a a are outin the form shown in the drawings, which makes a joint more flexiblethan it it were made with a whole piece of leather, and also oflers lessobstruction to a riding pulley.

Patent No. 236,675, dated January 18, 1881.

(No model.)

| In forming the joint above referred to I make use of pointed tacks ornails, double or single, and a clincher ot' peculiar construction; butas these are described in Letters Patent already granted to me, it isnot necessary to give a description of them here.

It will be seen that my joint is stronger and more flexible than couldbe obtained from the use of lacings, or by fastening the belt ends by asingle piece of leather, or by riveting the ends previously matched bychamfering.

I claim The combination of the belt ends I) l) with the paralleldiamond-shaped splices a a, the splices being fastened to the belt endsby suitable pointed nails or tacks, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD P. FARNUM.

Witnesses:

Sims. 0. LUND. WALTER B. HILL.

